The Pistard crew in Italy’s Nationwide Trophy 1000 has withdrawn from the ultimate two rounds of the 2024 season to make sure the late Luca Salvadori is topped champion.
The bike racing world was surprised final weekend after widespread racer and social media character Salvadori was killed following an incident in Germany.
Salvadori was competing within the Frohberg spherical of the Worldwide Highway Racing Championship when the deadly accident occurred.
An extended-time racer within the nationwide scene in Italy, Salvadori additionally raced with Pramac within the MotoE World Championship final 12 months.
His demise has prompted an outpouring of tributes from the racing neighborhood.
Nonetheless, the Pistard crew – who fields Filippo Rovelli within the Nationwide Trophy 1000 – has made the most important gesture in the direction of Salvadori.
With two rounds remaining within the sequence for 2024, each crew and rider – who have been Salvadori’s direct opponents – have elected to withdraw to be able to enable the late Italian to be topped a posthumous champion.
Gianluca Galesi Milella took to his social media to say: “One thing very dangerous occurred, which I can hardly consider.
“Our direct rival as a crew for 4 years, with [Roberto] Tamburini, [Gabriele] Giannini, and this 12 months with Filippo Rovelli, has died.
“Luca was a fantastic man, good, candy, good, sunny. These like me who had the pleasure and luck to satisfy him in individual know who Luca was.
“The final time I noticed him we additionally talked about this race he was purported to run in Germany, he was undecided whether or not to go to save lots of the bike. As an alternative he went and by no means got here again.
“With Filippo Rovelli we talked about whether or not or to not go to Imola.
“We won’t be current in both Imola or Cervesina to carry the races. We are going to solely be current there to pay our respects to Luca.
“With this gesture we need to make it possible for Luca, despite the fact that he’s gone, from up there can have a good time the Nationwide Trophy 1000 title, which he had been chasing for thus a few years and got here near.
“This 12 months that he may have received it as a result of he had 4 wins out of six, sadly he will be unable to have a good time it.
“The one means for us to say goodbye to him is to not take part within the final two races in order that he can win the title.”
